[FreeNX-kNX] Sound only as root

[Gregory Carter]

Who owns /dev/dsp?

I am not sure what version of Linux Distro your using, but typically you 
have to have permission to open the device.

Normally for example:

ls -l /dev/dsp

crw------- 1 gcarter root 14, 3 Mar 20 09:04 /dev/dsp

I have writes to read/write on my personal system, but nobody else has.

Do a chown on /dev/dsp or whatever your sound device is and that should 
fix the problem.

-gc

Paul van der Vlis wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I can get sound on my thinclient when I use esdplay as root. But as a
> normal user it does not work. When I try to open the mixer, it says:
> "Sorry, no mixer elements or devices found".
>
> I will add /etc/group to the end of this mail. The user is "mc", she is
> in the group "sound" and many other groups.
>
> It's Debian Sarge with Gnome, NXSERVER - Version 1.4.0-45-SVN OS (GPL).
> NXclient runs as root on the thin-client (that's normal in thinstation).
>
> I have this in node.conf:
> ------
> ENABLE_ESD_PRELOAD="1"
> ESD_BIN_PRELOAD="esddsp"
> #ENABLE_ARTSD_PRELOAD="0"
> #ARTSD_BIN_PRELOAD="artsdsp"
> --------
>
> I miss something, but what?
>
> With regards,
> Paul van der Vlis.
>
>
> root:x:0:
> daemon:x:1:
> bin:x:2:
> sys:x:3:
> adm:x:4:
> tty:x:5:
> disk:x:6:
> lp:x:7:
> mail:x:8:
> news:x:9:
> uucp:x:10:
> man:x:12:
> proxy:x:13:
> kmem:x:15:
> dialout:x:20:tine,mc
> fax:x:21:
> voice:x:22:
> cdrom:x:24:tine,mc,hal
> floppy:x:25:tine,mc,hal
> tape:x:26:
> sudo:x:27:
> audio:x:29:tine,mc
> dip:x:30:
> www-data:x:33:
> backup:x:34:
> operator:x:37:
> list:x:38:
> irc:x:39:
> src:x:40:
> gnats:x:41:
> shadow:x:42:
> utmp:x:43:
> video:x:44:tine,mc
> sasl:x:45:cyrus
> plugdev:x:46:tine,mc
> staff:x:50:
> games:x:60:
> users:x:100:
> nogroup:x:65534:
> crontab:x:101:
> Debian-exim:x:102:
> tine:x:1000:laptop,mc,files
> ssh:x:103:
> messagebus:x:104:
> dirmngr:x:105:
> hal:x:106:
> camera:x:107:tine,mc
> scanner:x:108:
> saned:x:109:
> gdm:x:110:
> nx:x:111:
> mc:x:1001:tine,laptop
> clamav:x:112:
> amavis:x:113:clamav
> postfix:x:114:
> postdrop:x:115:
> lmtp:x:1002:postfix
> lpadmin:x:116:
> postgres:x:117:
> laptop:x:1003:tine,mc
> mysql:x:118:
>
>
>